NATO ARW Participants: Names and Addresses; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Research Operations on Jan Mayen Island: Feasibility Scope and Legitimacy; S. Skreslet, 2.Geology of Jan Mayen Island and Surroundings: An Overview; K. Birkenmajer, 3. The Potential of the Beerenberg Glaciers for Climate Studies; Jon O.M.Hagen, 4. Meteorological Observations on Jan Mayen; O. Hov, 5. North Atlantic Influence on Lithuanian Climate: Effects of Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation; G. Stankunavicius, 6. Northern Hemispheric Air Circulation; V. F. Romanov, 7. Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols in the Arctic Areas; M. Vana, 8. On the Origin of Climatic Signals in the Nordic Seas; V. I. Byshev et al, 9. The Circulation of the Nordic Seas; J. Piechura, 10. Jan Mayen Island Ecology: Its Relation to the Arctic Mediterranean Ecosystem; S. Skreslet, 11. Sea Ice Export as an Indicator of Changing Arctic Ocean Ecology; I. A. Melnikov, 12. Zooplankton Habitats of the Greenland Sea: An Experimental Laboratory for Studies of Pelagic Ecology; H. Hirche, 13. Contiuous Plankton Recorder Observations: Extension of the System into the Nordic Seas; A. W. Walne and P. C. Reid, 14. Cyclic Variability of Climate and Fisheries Resources: Relevance for the Nordic Seas; L.B.Klyashtorin and A. A. Lyubushin, 15. The Marine Sublittoral Fauna of Jan Mayen Island: Zoogeography and Succession on 'New' Lava Grounds; B. Gulliksen et al, 16. The Marine Fauna of Arctic Islands as Bioindicators; J. M. Weslawski, 17. Seabird Research and Monitoring on Jan Mayen; G.W. Gabrielsen and H. Strom, 18. Dispersal of Plants in Remote Arctic-Alpine Habitats: Modes and Time-Scales for Colonization; V. Kyyak, 19. Biological Premises for Management of an Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) Population: The Demise and Future of theHare-Footed Fox on Jan Mayen; K. Rouvinen-Watt, 20. Research Opportunities for Jan Mayen Using Stable Isotope Analyses: Long-Term Monitoring of Marine and Freshwater Foodwebs; K. A. Hobson, 21. The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry: Its Exploitation of the Greenland Right Whale and its Impact on the Marine Ecosystem; L. Hacquebord, 22. Past and Present Infrastructure of Jan Mayen as Historical Documents: The Fate of Anthropogenic Remains; S. Barr, 23. Research Operations in Remote Arctic Islands: The Model of the Polish Polar Station Hornsund in Spitsbergen; P. Glowacki, 24. Jan Mayen Island and its Waters as Potential Targets for European Arctic Research; G. Shimmield; 25. The Scope for Norwegian Commitments Related to International Research on Jan Mayen Island; O. G. Skagestad, 26. Norwegian Protection of Arctic Islands: Restrictions and Consequences; J.-P. Huberth-Hansen, 27. Jan Mayen Infrastructure: Plans for the Future; L.K. Tviberg, 28. The Logistics of Past Scientific Research on Jan Mayen Island: How to Land, Exist and Work; S. Barr, 29. Logistics for Future Jan Mayen Island Research: Results from NATO Advanced Research Workshop; S. Skreslet et al, 30. Summary of NATO ARW: Blue-Print for Jan Mayen Island Research Development; S. Skreslet, and K. Birkenmajer, Index